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Welcome from DA Heather Adams

Welcome to our virtual newsroom on the CRIMEWATCH Network. This site is designed to build collaboration between criminal justice groups and ...
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Lancaster County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force: 2025 in ...

District Attorney Heather Adams launched the Human Trafficking Task Force four years ago on January 11, recognized across the U.S. as Nation...
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Our Mission

The Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to achieving justice and protecting the safety of our community. We thorou...
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The Role of the District Attorney's Office

Have you ever wondered what the role of the District Attorney’s Office consists of, in addition to prosecuting criminal cases?District Att...
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Lancaster Safety Coalition pictures help convict Salisbury T...

Images from Lancaster Safety Coalition cameras showing a February knife attack helped convict a Salisbury Township man of the stabbing.Judge...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Lancaster Law Enfo...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Lancaster Law Enforcement series, which will begin Monday, January 9, 2023, ...
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Boys and Girls Club and Safety Coalition Among Six Organizat...

Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams has announced that six community-based drug and crimefighting programs in Lancaster County ...
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Lancaster County's C.A.S.E. Provides Multiple Resources in P...

Lancaster County’s C.A.S.E., or Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation, has a mission to engage the Lancaster County community in protecting...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Virtual Victims of...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Victims of Homicide Remembrance Quilt project on this National Day of Rememb...
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National Dog Week: Tresi, Courthouse Companion Dog, Makes A ...

Attending court proceedings can be stressful, especially for witnesses and victims.That’s where Tresi, Lancaster County District Attorneyâ...
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Image for Lancaster city man sentenced up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing young girl
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Sep 4, 2026
A city man was sentenced to nine to 20 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl. Judge Merrill Spahn sentenced Eduardo Ramos Thomas, 42, after he pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to one count each of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault of ...
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Image for Lancaster Township man charged with attempting to shoot woman to death has case proceed to county court
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Sep 3, 2026
A Lancaster Township man charged with attempting to shoot a woman to death at a Columbia Borough intersection will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing.  Judge Miles Bixler ruled Aug. 17 that the case of Skyler Matthew Barr, of the 1000 bl...
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Image for Salisbury Township man charged with taking nude photos of young girls waives preliminary hearing
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Sep 3, 2026
A Salisbury Township   man charged with taking nude photos of a 13-year-old girl and another juvenile and in one instance offering them money will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Anthony John Valente, 41, waived his preli...
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Image for Judge sentences Caernarvon Township man up to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of raping teenager in 1990s
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Sep 2, 2026
A judge sentenced a Caernarvon Township man to 12 to 30 years in state prison yesterday after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of raping a teenage girl decades ago. Judge Jeffery Conrad handed down the sentence to Roberto Rosario, of the 500 block of East Maple Street...
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Image for Man sentenced up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping woman at knifepoint
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Sep 1, 2026
A man was sentenced to six and a half years to 20 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to raping a woman at knifepoint. Judge Todd Brown sentenced Jose Miguel Matos-Seda, who has no fixed address, after he pleaded guilty Aug. 11 to a single count of rape. Matos-Seda, ...
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Image for West Lampeter Township man charged with shooting teenager in neck with pepperball waives preliminary hearing
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Created Aug 26, 2026 / Updated Aug 31, 2026
A West Lampeter Township man charged with shooting a 17-year-old boy in the neck using a pepperball will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Ryan David-Antonio Brown, 40, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge William Benner ...
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Image for East Earl Township woman pleads guilty to killing a father and daughter in fiery 2023 crash
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Created Aug 24, 2026 / Updated Aug 28, 2026
An East Earl Township woman pleaded guilty to killing two people in a fiery crash in 2023. Beth Fife, of the first block of Dawkins Drive, after she pleaded guilty before Judge Merrill Spahn on Aug. 19 to two counts of homicide by vehicle, two counts of involuntary manslaughte...
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Image for Ephrata man sentenced up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to injuring man in head-on DUI crash
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Created Aug 24, 2026 / Updated Aug 27, 2026
An Ephrata man was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to injuring a man in a head-on crash while he drove under the influence of multiple drugs. Judge Todd Brown sentenced Cody Benjamin Weasenforth, of the 1500 block of West Main Street, after he p...
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Image for Danville man pleads guilty to killing woman in 2024 DUI crash
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Created Aug 24, 2026 / Updated Aug 26, 2026
A Danville man pleaded guilty to a DUI crash along an East Hempfield Township highway that left one woman dead. Apar Shirishkumar Patel , of the 1500 block of 2nd Street , pleaded guilty plea before Judge Dennis Reinaker on July 31 to charges of homicide by vehicle while drivi...
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Image for New York man sentenced to county jail after pleading guilty to stealing half a million dollars in gold bars from woman
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Created Aug 24, 2026 / Updated Aug 25, 2026
A New York man was sentenced to six to 23 months in county jail after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than half a million dollars’ worth of gold bars from an Ephrata woman by impersonating a federal employee. Judge Todd Brown sentenced Zhong Ren, of Brooklyn, after he plead...
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